Aboriginal people of South Australia
TheYankunytjatjara people, also writtenYankuntjatjarra ,Jangkundjara , and other variants, are anAboriginal Australian people of the state ofSouth Australia .
Yankunytjatjara is aWestern Desert language belonging to theWati language family of thePama-Nyungan languages .
According to the estimation ofNorman Tindale , the Yankunytjatjara's tribal lands covered approximately 22,000 square miles (57,000 km2 ). These lands took in the areas of theMusgrave Ranges , with their eastern frontier around theEverard Ranges .[ 1]
Social organisation [ edit ] Yankunytjatjarakinship terminology shares many common terms with the words for kinship in thePintupi andPitjantjatjara dialects.[ 2]
Alinjera ('north')Ankundjara Everard Range Tribe Jangkundjadjara Jangundjara, Jankundjadjara, Jankunzazara ,[ 3] Jankuntjatjara, Jankuntjatara, Jankundjindjara [ 2] Kaltjilandjara (aPitjantjatjara exonym , but referring to the most southwestern of the Yankuntjatjarrahordes )Nankundjara (typo?)Wirtjapakandja [ 1] Yankunjara, Yangundjadjara, Janggundjara, Jangwundjara (typo)
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